[1] The home, which stands at the corner of University Avenue and Loomis Street, was purchased by the school in 1878.

[2] In 1888, two years after the school was renamed Bucknell University, the trustees considered constructing a new President's House, but instead decided to remodel the extant structure.

It was designed by Wilson Brothers and Company of Philadelphia, and William Bucknell donated $5,000 toward the project.

A glassed-in family room was added behind the house (when viewed from University Avenue), facing Bucknell Hall.

[3] Twenty years later, the building's exterior was sandblasted to restore its original red brick.